Hip pad



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Patented Sept. 6, 1949 HIP PAD Joseph A. Coleman, New York, :N. 12.,zazssignor "to Maiden Form Brassiere iflomgpany, Find, New York, -N. Y.,a corporation f New York Application March 25, 1948, Sel'ial No. $6,909

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to undergarments or foundation garmentsfor women and more particularly to girdles and devices for use inconnection therewith.

Such girdles are elastic, at least in parts and are used to compress thebody particularly around the abdomen and hips to produce a smooth andsuitably curved contour over which outer garments can be draped so as toproduce a satisfactory and pleasing appearance. In compressing a part ofthe body in this way, it sometime occurs that there is an undesirabledeficiency or depression at some point of the compressed part. Suchconditions may be remedied by the use of pads of suitable material.

An important object of the present invention is to provide novel andadvantageous means for overcoming such deficiencies in the compressedfigure.

Another object is to provide a novel and ad-. vantageou-s unitary padadapted for application to both buttocks and a girdle having means forreceiving and holding said pad.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a unitary pad offlexible and compressible material, adapted for application to bothbuttocks with means at the middle of said pad for use in holding the padagainst movement lateral with respect to the body of the wearer and agirdle having means to receive said pad and means to cooperate with saidmeans at the middle of the pad for holding the pad in place withreference to the girdle.

A further object of the invention is to provide a pad of suitablematerial such as foam rubber, comprising two parts. one for eachbuttock, and a connecting portion or hinger whereby the motion of thepart for either buttock will modify the movement of the other.

In carrying out the invention in a preferred way a foam rubber pad ordouble pad, as it may be called, comprises two parts of suitably curvedcontour joined by a thinner connection which serves as a hinge or auniversal connection. Said connection has notches at top and bottom. Thegirdle is provided with a pocket to hold said had, said pocket beingformed with a rear wall consisting of the central part of the girdle anda front wall in two parts overlapping centrally from bottom to top andheld together at top and bottom by short seams which enter said notchesat the top and bottom of said pad.

Other objects, features and advantages will appear upon consideration ofthe following detailed description and of the drawings, in which:

1 is a front view of an outstretched :girdle emlmzic'iy ing one term :ofthe present invention;

Fig. E is a rear-view or the girdle of Fig. 1 illustrating the pocketfor the foam rubber pad and the pad held therein, parts being brokenaway to show "the underlying structure;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view :of the girdle in the form that ittakeson awearer;

Fig. d is a sectional view taken on the line -l-# of Fig. 2

Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of a foam rubber pad according to the presentinvention;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line Iifi of Fig. 5;

Fig. '7 is a section on the :line TI-:'I of Fig. 5; and

Fig. 8 a 'view illustrating file portion of the central vertical sectionor the pad with reference to the body of a seat'ed wearer.

Refer-ring to the drawings Fig. l is a view in elevation showing theoutside of an outstretched girdle m to which the present invention isapplied. To the edges of a "central rear panel t l oi the girdle areattached by suitable double lines of stitching I2 two inelastic panels 13. Said panels 13 and 43 are made up of inelastic fabric and at theirupper and lower edges, the fabric is ielded back to the rear faces ofthese panels.

The folded back edges at the tops and bottoms of panels H and 13 arebound by means including double lines or stitching I 4. At their outeredges panels l3 are connected by double lines of stitching I5 to theedges of horizontally elastic side panels I B. At their outer edgeselastic panels l6 are secured by double lines of stitching I! toinelastic panels or front straps I8 which may be secured together whilein use by eyes I9 on the left member I8 and hooks 20 (not shown on Fig.1 but shown at the left on Fig. 2) on right member I8. The outside ofthe girdle III as shown in Fig. 1 is, but for short Vertica1 seams orlines of stitching 2| at the middle of :panel II and the top and bottomthereof, the same as girdles heretofore in use. The function of saidshort seams ZI will be brought out hereinafter.

Fig. 2 shows the inner side of the girdle of Fig. 1, the ends of thegirdle being reversed. Extending across the panels II and I3 is a pocket22 of which said panels II and I3 form the outer side and the inner sideis formed in two parts 23 and 24 of which the right hand part 24 (Fig.2) overlaps the left hand part. At their upper and lower edges, saidparts 23 and 24 are bound by the double rows of stitching I4 used tobind the upper and lower edges of panels II and I3. Also said parts 23and 24 are held together in overlapping position at their tops andbottom by said short lines or stitching 2|. At their outer edges parts23 and 24 are bound by the double rows of stitching I! which connect thepanels l3 to the elastic panels l6. It should be noted that each of thepairs of rows of stitching cooperates with a binding strip 25 at theinner surface of the girdle. Attached to the lower edges of said girdleare garters 26.

Carried in said pocket is a foanrrubber-pad 21 (Fig. 2) illustrated ingreater detail in Figs. 5, 6, '7 and 8. At the middle points of theupper edge 28 and lower edge 29 are recesses or notches 33.

which receive said short lines of stitching 2h The upper edge of thegirdle I fits around the body at the waist line and the girdle I8 andthe pad 21 therein are short enough so that the body of the wearer whenin sitting positionfFig. 8) does not rest thereon.

The pad 21 is made of suitable material, pref-2 erably foam rubber. Inmolding the pad from the foam rubber, the edges-are made as thin as isfeasible so as to be inconspicuous When the girdle and pad therein arein place, on the body of awearer. i

Preferably the pad 21 issomewhat narrower at the upper edge 28 than atthe lower part and is thicker in the lower part. As indicated in Fig. 6the greatest thickness of a part over one of the buttocks is at a point3| more than half way down from the upper edge to the lower edge 29. Asindicated in Figure '7, the pad 2'l along the transverse section throughthe high point 3| of Fig. 6 has its high points 3| nearer to the centerthan to the outer or side edges 32 due to the gradual slope downwardlyfrom th high points down to the side edges of the pad.

Between the high parts, of the pad which fit over the buttock, there isa valley or depression 33 extending from the upper edge 28 to the loweredge 29 of the pad and leaving a relatively thin portion 34. Asillustrated in Fig. 8, the thickness of the pad in this part 34decreases from a high point 35 to the upper and lower edges of thepad.

It should be noted thatthe pocket-22 increases in cross section from thetop down to the largest cross section of the pad and then decreases incross section as the pad decreases in size. This may be done by means ofdarts at seams 3.6.

It should be noted that the arrangement of the pocket 22 and pad 21 issuch as to permit pads of somewhat different shapes to be used in thepockets.

The thin central portion 34 or pad 2! acts as a flexible hinge andcauses the motion of each side to be effected by motion of the other.

It is of particular advantage to use foam rubber because it feels andacts much like the flesh of the wearer of the girdle.

It should be understood that various changes may be made and thatcertain features may be used without others, without departing from thetrue scope and spirit of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. In a girdle consisting of seamed sections forming front and rear wallsurfaces, of a central pocket covering assembly seamed thereto andconsisting of two opposed flexible wall members having closed top andbottom and outer side I margins, the inner margins of said pocketcovering wall members meeting each other, upper and lower relativelyshort and opposed pocket internal projections, and a removable unitarypad formed with top and bottom centrally disposed recesses adapted toreceive said projections when the pad is deformed, inserted into thepocket and then restored to form, and whereby the pad is held againstshifting in the pocket.

2. The combination of girdle and pad constructed in accordance withclaim 1 in which the unitary pad is formed with longitudinally extendedthickened areas adapted to laterally bound the pocket internalprojections and provide yielding cushioning means at the sides of saidprojections. I

3. A combination of girdle and pad constructed in accordance with claim1 in which each pocket covering wall at its inner margin extends overthe pocket internal projections, the said margins being overlapped andthe Width of each pocket covering wall at its longitudinal central areabeing greater than one-half the width of the pocket.

JOSEPH A. COLEMAN.

REFERENCES CITED.

The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,059,167 Kniseley Apr. 15, 19132,332,141 Greene Oct. 19, 1943 2,397,641 Blair Apr. 2, 1946

